Sometimes I wonder if my life isn't just a tiny bit dull. Here's one side of a phone conversation I overheard as it was shouted down a mobile phone on the street as I strolled by.

"He proposed to me last night."

"I turned him down. And the guy I've loved since I was sixteen has gone to Australia."

"So I've bought a ticket and I'm going out to tell him how I feel. I have to."

"I'll bring my daughter."

"I'm posponing my exams and I'll do them in the Autumn."

"I know! It's like something out of Eastenders."